Back at the Guildhall for one night only

Chess returns to the Guildhall on Thursday, 9th July, combining a round of the Lichfield Summer Chess League with social chess. … Read more →

A date for your diary: the Lichfield Quickplay, Thursday August 27th

The traditional start of the new chess season for members, The Lichfield Quickplay, will take place at The Guildhall on Thursday August 27th, starting at 7:15pm. … Read more →

Regency Chess supports Lichfield Chess Club with sets and member discounts

We are delighted to announce that one of the UK's leading suppliers of quality chess sets, The Regency Chess Company (regencychess.co.uk), has partnered with Lichfield Chess Club for the 2026-27 season. … Read more →

Website updates: division pages and league ladder page

There have been some small, but significant updates to the Lichfield website over the last few weeks. … Read more →

The Lichfield 'Fantasy Chess League' 2025-26 Top 10s

There isn't a 'Fantasy Chess League' of Lichfield players, but, if one existed, who would be the big winners for Lichfield from the 2025-26 season? … Read more →

Lichfield players take on Yorkshire in U2050 county match

Three players who regularly play for Lichfield teams represented Derbyshire in the U2050 Counties Championship semi-final on Saturday 13th June. … Read more →

Gallery: Mircea's first training session

Photos from Mircea's "Centralizing the pieces" training session on 8th June. … Read more →

Fine start for debutants

Both Lichfield sides were 3.5 - 0.5 winners in Round 2 of the Lichfield & District Summer League, with new players making impressive debuts. … Read more →

Internal Tournament game analysed on YouTube by Coach Andras

An International Master has analysed a Lichfield Internal Championship game on his well-known YouTube channel! … Read more →

From the archives: Nigel Short visits Lichfield Chess Club (2013)

Redesigning the Lichfield Chess Club website has sent us down an internet 'rabbit hole' of looking at old content from previous versions of the site, including an article about a visit from Nigel Short. … Read more →

The new Lichfield Chess Club website launches

Welcome to the new Lichfield Chess Club website. Here's what is new. … Read more →

A 'wow' site - and it's homemade

It's great to have a new website. Even better that it has been designed free of charge by one of our own members. … Read more →